AFC North Head Coaches Set: Did Bengals Get It Right With Zac Taylor?

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The AFC North has filled out their coaching vacancies, so we have to ask if Zac Taylor is a better coach than Mike McCarthy, Jesse Minter, and Todd Monken. Jake Liscow and James Rapien break down the landscape of the AFC North with their new head coaches in place, and how Taylor stacks up with the rest of the division. The Bengals are selling a vision of continuity, but need to execute in a critical offseason to get back to contention and maximize every advantage they can in a year of change in their division.

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0:00.0	The coaching carousel has stopped spinning in the AFC North, and is that Taylor the best coach?
0:07.6	Let's break it down.
0:14.3	You are Locked-on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
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0:24.8	What up Bengals fans and welcome to another episode of the Locked on Bengals podcast,
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0:32.4	the number one sports podcast network in the land.
0:35.6	He's Jazeerpine.
0:36.2	I'm Jake Lisco.
0:36.8	We've been locked on Bengals on this channel since 2016, your best one-stop shop to consistently
0:42.8	get all of the Bengals news analysis you need to keep up with your favorite team.
0:48.6	Every day or this week have heard us talk about the Bengals needs on both sides of the ball
0:52.5	where we're worried that the Bengals
0:54.3	might not see it the same way.
0:56.7	And that has been where we've gotten to at this point this week.
1:01.2	And now the Cleveland Browns have announced their head coaching hire going with Todd Munkin,
1:07.1	a guy that has had Bengals interest in in the past has obviously been in the division,
1:11.7	and the musical chairs have settled for head coaches in the AFC North,
1:16.4	which means we can take a look at the question as to whether or not,
1:21.6	Zach Taylor is the best head coach in the AFC North,
1:24.5	or if not, where he stacks up,
1:26.5	and whether this idea of continuity that the Bengals are preaching,
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